Australia seeks big tech support for internet safety, AI regulation

PM Anthony Albanese asks Apple CEO Tim Cook to back Canberra's online safety laws to 'keep Australians safe'.

We haven't written up this one. Al Jazeera has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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